The Religious Reference Setting of Youth and Digital Media

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Tarih

2023

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Ankara University, Journal of the Faculty of Divinity

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Özet

The subject of the research is to examine the relationship between the sources of religious knowledge of university students between the ages of 18-25 and digital media in Turkey. The increasing role of digital media among the main sources that constitute the religious reference world of young people constitutes the starting point of the research. The determining effect of digital media tools on the transformation of religious beliefs, practices and attitudes, religious sensitivities, orientations and perceptions, especially the circulation and processing of religious knowledge, is among the prominent topics of digital religion research. In this study, the utilization of digital media as a source of religious information by university youth was examined. The data collected digitally from 758 students studying at five different universities in Ankara were analyzed. In addition to frequency distributions, the chi-square correlation test and Sperman correlation test were applied in the analysis of the questionnaires. In the study, which was carried out with the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, religious topics university youth research in digital environments, which digital environments they prefer more and how they access religious information were analyzed in relation to independent variables. According to the findings obtained, it is seen that approximately 70% of university students use digital media for 3 hours or more daily, while 36% of those mostly and always consider digital sources of religious information sufficient. Although 66% of young people mostly and always easily access the religious information they are looking for on digital media, only 31.5% of them stated that they benefit from digital media sources while forming their opinions on religious issues. © 2023 The Author(s).

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Digital Media, Digital Religion, Religious Authority, Religious Knowledge, Religious Reference, Youth

Kaynak

Ankara Universitesi Ilahiyat Fakultesi Dergisi

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Q2

Cilt

64

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2

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